Ask the Experts about Jewelry Making

Topics: Beads, Designing

I have round wooden beads in two sizes and paper beads 1" long. I want to make a collar necklace. I cannot figure out how to attach paper beads that are vertical to horizontally strung wooden beads.

- Sharon

A.

Make beading links out of your paper beads using headpins or eyepins and a wrapped loop technique. Using a pair of round-nose pliers, chain-nose pliers and flush-cutters, form a wrapped loop on each end of the wire, creating a beading link. This will give you a loop on one or both ends of the paper bead allowing you to vertically incorporate them into your horizontally beaded design. See resources listed below for more information, instructions and design inspirations.